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    Testing the feasibility of an interactive learning styles measure for U.S. Latino adults with type 2 diabetes and low literacy

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    Authors
    Carbone, Elena T.
    Lennon, Karen M.
    Torres, M. Idalí
    Rosal, Milagros C.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2007-08-10
    Keywords
    Aged
    Aged, 80 and over
    Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
    Diet
    Educational Status
    Feasibility Studies
    Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
    *Hispanic Americans
    Humans
    *Learning
    Middle Aged
    Patient Education as Topic
    United States
    Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
    Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
    Community Health and Preventive Medicine
    Preventive Medicine
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/88J7-1432-2377-55K7
    Abstract
    This study designed and piloted an interactive measure to assess learning preferences of Latinos in the United States with diabetes and limited literacy. The measure utilized interactive learning activities to represent four learning styles: visual (seeing), kinesthetic (doing), affective (feeling/sensing), and cognitive (thinking), targeting four diabetes self-management behaviors: choosing healthy foods; understanding portion sizes; distinguishing foods to eat often/sometimes/rarely; and limiting fat. Quantitative data were collected using the Spanish Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA). Individual, structured cognitive interview questions asked participants to identify learning activities that most reflected their own experience with diabetes. Participant observations provided additional qualitative data. Ten Spanish-speaking adults with type 2 diabetes and limited literacy participated in two randomly selected target behaviors and identified easiest and most difficult to understand learning activities. S-TOFHLA scores ranged from 0 to 21 points (mean 7.0) and identified eight participants with inadequate and two with marginal health literacy. Easiest to understand tasks were kinesthetic, most difficult to understand tasks were cognitive. This is one of the first known studies of its kind and offers insight for measuring learning styles of Latinos with diabetes and low health literacy.
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    Int Q Community Health Educ. 2005-2006;25(4):315-35. Link to article on publisher's site
    DOI
    10.2190/88J7-1432-2377-55K7
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44964
    PubMed ID
    17686705
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